Born on the 8th September, 1887, in the illustrious family of Saga Appayya Diskhita and several other renowned saints and savants, Sri Swami Sivananda had a natural flair for a life devoted to the study and practice of Vedanta. Added to this was an inborn eagerness to serve all and an innate feeling of unity with all mankind. His passion for service drew him to the medical career; and soon he gravitated to where he thought that his service was most needed. Malaya claimed him. He had earlier been editing a Health Journal and wrote extensively on health problems. He discovered that people needed right knowledge most of all; dissemination of that knowledge he espoused as his own mission. It was divine dispensation and the blessing of God upon mankind that the doctor of body and mind renounced his career and took to a life of renunciation to qualify himself for ministering to the soul of man. He settled down at Rishikesh in 1924, practiced intense austerities and shone as a great Yogi, Saint, Sage and Jivanmukta. In 1932 he started the Sivanandashram. In 1936 was born The Divine Life Society. In 1948 the Yoga-Vedanta Forest Academy was organized. Dissemination of spiritual knowledge and training of people in Yoga and Vedanta were their aim and object. In 1950 he undertook a lightning tour of India and Ceylon. In 1953 he convened a 'World Parliament Reliogions'. He is the author of over 300 volumes and has disciples all over the world, belonging to all nationalities, religions and creeds. To read his works is to drink at the fountain of Wisdom Supreme. On 14th July, 1963 he entered Mahasamadhi.

Publishers' Note:

His Holiness Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj did not write text books as such. The books he wrote were the outpouring of wisdom from his own direct realisation of the Truth.

From his books you will derive not only the benefit of his wisdom and knowledge of both practical and esoteric matters pertaining to Yoga, but also the power of his spiritual force.

Sri Swami Sivanandaji had a unique style- simple, direct and compelling. His books are not dull treatises on Yoga and philosophy, rather his enthusiasm and eagerness to help all is evident in every page, lifting the reader to new heights of understanding.

The value of this great little work "THOUGHT POWER" is evident even from a mere reading of its table of contents. It is a book of perennial interest and many-sided usefulness for self-culture, self-knowledge, acquistion of the power of personality and success in life.

It is a work that edifies, imparts illumination to the intelligence, and empowers human will for good and for achievement of greatness. Students, grown-up persons, doctors, lawyers, businessmen, seekers after Truth and lovers of God - all are bound to find in the pages of this publication plenty of specific guidance for thought-culture and thought power and for living a positive, dynamic, rich, triumphant and joyous life-THE DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY

Publishers' Note	v
Preface	vii
Chapter One
THOUGHT POWER -ITS PHYSICS AND ITS PHILOSOPHY
Thought Excels Light in Speed	3
The Medium Through Which Thoughts Travel	3
The Ether of Space Registers Thoughts	4
Thoughts Are Living Things	4
Thoughts Are Finer Forces	5
Thoughts As Wireless Messages	5
Thoughts Are Tremendous Powers	5
Thought-waves and Thought-transference	6
Marvels of Thought-vibrations	6
Diversity of Though-vibrations	7
Conservation of Though-energy	7
The Cell-theory and the Thoughts	8
Primal Thought and Modern Science	9
Radium and the Rare Yogi	9
Thought-Its Weight, Size and Shape	10
Thought-Its Form, Its Name and Colour	10
Thought-Its Power, Workings and Uses	11
We Live in a Boundless World of Thoughts	11
Thoughts, Electricity and Philosophy	12
Outer World Pre-exists in the Thoughts	13
World - A Projection of Thought	13
Thoughts, World and the Timeless Reality	14
Chapter Two
THOUGHT POWER-ITS LAWS AND ITS DYNAMICS
Thought- The Architect of Destiny	16
Thoughts Chisel Your Countenance	17
Thoughts Feature the Physical Expressions	19
Your Eyes Betray Your Thoughts	19
Negative Thoughts Poison Life	19
Psycho-physical Imbalances	20
The Creative Powers of Thought	20
Similar Thoughts Attract Each Other	21
Spanish Flu and the Contagion of Thoughts	22
The Application of a Psychological Law	22
Understand the Laws of Thought	23
The Laws Implied in Higher Thoughts	25
Thought-A Boomerang	27
Thoughts and the Waves of the Sea	27
Colour and Influence of Saintly Thoughts	28
Aura and Dynamics of a Developed Mind	29
Dynamics of Thoughts and Moods	29
Thought-dynamics in Universal Environs	30
Chapter Three
VALUE AND USES OF THOUGHT POWER
Serve Others by Thought-vibrations	32
Doctors Can Heal by Suggestion	32
Yogins Preach by Though-transference	33
Influence Others by Thought	34
Varied Utility of Thought Power	34
Powers of Thought- Their Value	35
Thoughts Accomplish Many a Mission	35
Power of Thoughts That Prompt	36
Practise Thought-transference	37
Parapsychology and Subconscious Thoughts	38
Power of Vigorous, Divine Thoughts	39
Chapter Four
THE FUNCTIONS OF THOUGHT POWER
Thoughts Promote Radiant Health	40
Thoughts Develop Personality	40
Thoughts Affect the Body	40
Thought Power Changes Destiny	41
Thoughts Cause Physiological Disorders	42
Thought Power Creates Environments	42
Thoughts Form the Physical Body	45
Chapter Five
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THOUGHT POWER
Acquisition of Thought Power by Moral Purity	47
Thought Power by Concentration	47
Thought Power by Organised Thinking	48
Thought Power by Will-power	49
Simple Prescriptions for Clear Thinking	50
Sadhana for deep and Original Thinking	51
Meditation for Applied and Sustained Thinking	52
Acquire Creative Though Power	52
Develop Individuality: Resist Suggestions	52
Supernormal powers by Thought-discipline	53
Chapter Six
THOUGHTS-THEIR VARIETIES AND THEIR CONQUEST
Get Over Gloomy Thoughts	54
Victory Over Intrusive Thoughts	55
Drive Away Obnoxious Thoughts	56
Master Worldly Thoughts	57
Conquer Impure Thoughts	58
Subdue Negative Thoughts	58
Overcome Habitual Thoughts	58
Triumph Over Unimportant Thoughts	60
Transform Instinctive Thoughts	60
Lessen the Number of Habitual Thoughts	61
Gather Inspirational Thoughts	61
Reflect Over Illuminating Thoughts	62
Right Thoughts for Wrong Thoughts	63
The Gamut of Thoughts	63
Mean Thoughts and Moral Development	64
Chapter Seven
POSITIVE METHODS FOR THOUGHT-CONTROL
Thought-control by Practice of Concentration	66
Thought-control by a Positive Attitude	67
Thought-control by Non-cooperation	68
Art of Thinning Out Thoughts	69
Thought-control by Napoleon's Method	70
Arrest the Recurrence of Evil Thoughts	71
Give the Wrong Thought No Concession	71
Nip the Bad Thought in Its Bud	72
Spiritual Practice for Elimination of Evil Thoughts	72
Best Remedies for Evil Thoughts	74
Daily Discipline of Thoughts	74
Thoughts and the Snake-analogy	75
World-conquest by Thought-conquest	76
Form of Divine Channel for Thought-force	76
Role of Vigilance in Though-control	77
Watch and Spiritualise Your Thoughts	77
Chapter Eight
THE PATTERNS OF THOUGHT-CULTURE
Discrimination and Inner Mental Culture	79
Unwholesome Thoughts and Self-watchfulness	79
Self-development by Yogic Thought-culture	81
Thought-culture by the Method of Substitution	81
Spiritual Methods of Thought-culture	81
The Importance of Thought-culture	82
The Battle of Thoughts	83
Good Thought - The First Perfection	83
Culture the Thoughts and Become a Buddha	84
Avoid Thoughts of Another Man's Defects	85
Last Thought Determines Next Birth	85
The Background of Sattvic Thought	88
The Pure Consciousness and Freedom of Thoughts	91
Chapter Nine
FROM THOUGHTS TO THOUGHT-TRANSCENDENCE
Thoughts and Life	93
Thoughts and Character	93
Thoughts and Words	95
Thoughts and Actions	95
Thoughts, Peace and Strength	95
Thought, Energy and Sacred Thoughts	96
Thoughts That Bind	97
From Pure Thoughts to Transcendence Experience	97/td>
Raja Yogic Method for Thought-transcendence	98
Vedantic Technique for Thought-transcendence	99
Chapter Ten
THE METAPHYSICS OF THOUGHT POWER
Thought Power and Practical Idealism-I	100
Thought Power and Practical Idealism-II	102
Thought Power and Practical Idealism-III	107
Some Thought-seeds	111
Chapter Eleven
THOUGHT POWER FOR GOD-REALISATION
Life- An Interplay of Thoughts	113
Thought Results in Spiritual Experience	113
Thoughts of God	114
Divine Thoughts for Freedom from Diseases	114
Thought-culture by Knowledge and Devotion	115
Thoughts and Yoga Practice Mental Quietude	116
Winning Friends by Practice of Yoga	116
The Yogic State of Thoughtlessness	117
Yogi of the Developed Thought Power	117
Thought-boats to Infinite Strength	118
Chapter Twelve
THOUGHT POWER FOR A NEW CIVILISATION
Pure Thoughts- Their Impact on the World	119
Thought Power for World-weal	119
Thought Power for Cultivation of Courage and Love	120
Thought Power for an Ideal Life	120
Thought-energy for Service and Spiritual progress	122
Help the World by Good Thoughts	122
Thought Power and the Conditions of a New Civilisation	123
Aims and Objects of The Divine Life Society	126

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